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This legal document, filed on December 30, 2020, details the Court's analysis of a renewed bail motion for a defendant, identified as Ghislaine Maxwell. The Court remains concerned about her substantial international ties and multiple citizenships, particularly her French citizenship, as a significant flight risk. The document weighs the defendant's offer to waive extradition rights from France and the UK against conflicting evidence, including a letter from the French Ministry of Justice stating French law prohibits extraditing its nationals and the defendant's own experts using uncertain language.
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| Ghislaine Maxwell | Defendant |
Mentioned in a quote from one of her own expert's reports regarding the likelihood of her being able to resist extrad...
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| The Court | Judicial body |
Referenced throughout as the body considering the Defendant's motion for bail and making conclusions about her flight...
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| The Government | Government agency |
Mentioned as pointing out that the legal weight of the Defendant's proposed extradition waivers is contested.
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| The French Ministry of Justice | Government agency |
Indicated in a letter that the French Code of Criminal Procedure prohibits the extradition of a French national.
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2020-12-30
The Court's consideration of the Defendant's renewed motion for bail, focusing on her international ties, flight risk, and the contested legal weight of her proposed extradition waivers from France and the UK.
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The location where the Defendant has some family and personal connections, and the country from which an extradition ...
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A country where the Defendant holds citizenship, which the Court fears she could flee to and resist extradition from.
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A country from which the Defendant has offered to waive her right to extradition.
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Key Quotes (2)
"absolutely prohibits"Source
— The French Ministry of Justice
(Quoted from a letter regarding the French Code of Criminal Procedure's stance on the extradition of a French national.)
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"On the basis of the information currently known, it is highly unlikely that Ghislaine Maxwell would be able"Source
— Defendant's own experts
(A partial quote from an expert report (Def. Mot., Ex. U at 2) using probabilistic language about the possibility of extradition being blocked, which the Court notes leaves the possibility open.)
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Case 1:20-cr-00330-AJN Document 106 Filed 12/30/20 Page 11 of 22
COVID-19 related travel restrictions. Id. at 83:21–83:25. The Court also observed that the
Defendant had family and personal connections to the United States but concluded that the
absence of any dependents, significant family ties, or employment in the United States also
supported the conclusion that flight would not pose an insurmountable burden for her. Id. at
84:4–84:9. While the Defendant’s renewed motion for bail addresses some of these factors, it
does not alter the Court’s conclusion.
The first few considerations remain relatively unchanged. The Defendant continues to
have substantial international ties and multiple foreign citizenships, and she continues to have
familial and personal connections abroad. None of the evidence presented in support of the
present motion fundamentally alters those conclusions. To address the Court’s concern that the
Defendant’s French citizenship presented the opportunity that she could flee to France and that
she would be able to resist extradition on that basis, see Tr. at 83:18–83:20, the Defendant now
offers to waive her right to extradition from both the United Kingdom and France, along with
expert opinions reports claiming that such waivers would likely make it possible to resist an
extradition request from the United States to either country. See Def. Mot., Exs. T, U, V. As the
Government points out in its brief, however, the legal weight of the waivers is, at best, contested.
The French Ministry of Justice, for instance, indicated in a letter submitted in conjunction to the
Government’s opposition that the French Code of Criminal Procedure “absolutely prohibits” the
extradition of a French national. See Gov’t Opp’n, Ex. B. And while the Defendant’s own
expert attempts to rebut the Ministry of Justice’s letter, see Def. Reply, Ex. A, even the
Defendant’s own experts use probabilistic, rather than absolute, language, leaving open the
possibility that extradition would be blocked. See, e.g., Def. Mot., Ex. U at 2 (“On the basis of
the information currently known, it is highly unlikely that Ghislaine Maxwell would be able
Defendant had family and personal connections to the United States but concluded that the
absence of any dependents, significant family ties, or employment in the United States also
supported the conclusion that flight would not pose an insurmountable burden for her. Id. at
84:4–84:9. While the Defendant’s renewed motion for bail addresses some of these factors, it
does not alter the Court’s conclusion.
The first few considerations remain relatively unchanged. The Defendant continues to
have substantial international ties and multiple foreign citizenships, and she continues to have
familial and personal connections abroad. None of the evidence presented in support of the
present motion fundamentally alters those conclusions. To address the Court’s concern that the
Defendant’s French citizenship presented the opportunity that she could flee to France and that
she would be able to resist extradition on that basis, see Tr. at 83:18–83:20, the Defendant now
offers to waive her right to extradition from both the United Kingdom and France, along with
expert opinions reports claiming that such waivers would likely make it possible to resist an
extradition request from the United States to either country. See Def. Mot., Exs. T, U, V. As the
Government points out in its brief, however, the legal weight of the waivers is, at best, contested.
The French Ministry of Justice, for instance, indicated in a letter submitted in conjunction to the
Government’s opposition that the French Code of Criminal Procedure “absolutely prohibits” the
extradition of a French national. See Gov’t Opp’n, Ex. B. And while the Defendant’s own
expert attempts to rebut the Ministry of Justice’s letter, see Def. Reply, Ex. A, even the
Defendant’s own experts use probabilistic, rather than absolute, language, leaving open the
possibility that extradition would be blocked. See, e.g., Def. Mot., Ex. U at 2 (“On the basis of
the information currently known, it is highly unlikely that Ghislaine Maxwell would be able
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